An interdisciplinary analysis of the aesthetics and politics of black popular music since WWII with an emphasis on the "Black Revolution" of the 1960s. The many great changes in black music, from Swing to Bop to Rhythm and Blues, through Soul, Rock, Funk, Reggae, Disco, and Hip Hop are analyzed in terms of their expressions of African American beliefs and values, both traditional and contemporary. Students will come to understand the many aesthetic links between black popular music, politics and culture, and the relationship to national identity and the struggle for freedom and self-determination.

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